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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm takes an EV road trip, deals with charging challenges

Charged

Imagine how big clean energy industries will be in 13 years. The Secret Service apparently didn’t get the electric memo—its agents tagged along in the obligatory huge black gas-guzzling SUVs.) A staffer decided to park a legacy gas-burner in front of a vacant charger to reserve a spot for the Secretary’s photo op.

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Oil-by-Rail Volumes Decreasing While Risks Remain

DeSmogBlog

The industry is actually looking to fill rail tank cars with oil and then just park them as a form of additional storage as the current oil glut, combined with the huge drop in demand due to the coronavirus, is likely to fill all available storage in the next 2-3 months. The latest numbers show that U.S.

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Event celebrates the mineral products industry’s contribution to conservation

Envirotec Magazine

Joint winners of the MPA Restoration Awards 2019: Aggregate Industries for Ripon City Quarry (left) and Tarmac for Broom Quarry (right). MPA’s members manage or control an area of land of over 115 square miles; an area equivalent to a small National Park such as the Norfolk Broads.

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Vineyard Wind Prevails as Connecticut Chooses 804MW Offshore Wind Project

GreenTechMedia

Connecticut on Thursday selected Vineyard Wind’s 804-megawatt Park City project as the winner of its first offshore wind solicitation, setting up the seaport city of Bridgeport to become a significant hub for the emerging U.S. Huge chunk of state's power.

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Reports: Treasury shelves £30bn plan to electrify UK railways over cost concerns

Business Green

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The newspaper reported on Saturday that industry insiders had confirmed the strategy had been scrapped. BusinessGreen has contacted both the Treasury and the Department for Transport for comment.

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Could UK gas power stations still play a role on a net zero grid?

Business Green

The spectacular decline in renewable energy technology costs over the last decade has established the sector as the linchpin of the country's decarbonisation drive, offering a potential template for how government and industry can work together to scale green technologies that can decarbonise the economy.

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Eco-resort in Finland charges guests based on their carbon emissions

AGreenLiving

A Finnish hotel is changing the tourism industry by showing that sustainability can really pay off. When guests consume less energy, attend ecological activities and make sustainable dietary choices during their visit, the price tag of their stay can be discounted by up to 50 percent.